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GE’s renewable energy business announced 1 gigawatt (GW) of new U.S. wind turbine orders following the ruling of the production tax credit on January 1, 2013. Once installed, these turbines will supply 1 GW of energy to the electrical grid across the United States. This equates to enough cleaner energy to power 330,000 U.S. Homes (according to the EIA, an average U.S. household uses energy at a rate of 1.29 KW, an average of 940 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month) and taking more than a million […]
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Richard Florida, writing at the Atlantic Cities: Wyoming tops the list with an increase of nearly 80 percent. North Dakota is second and Rhode Island third, both with increases of roughly 70 percent. Hawaii, Vermont, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Oregon, and South Dakota round out the top 10. There’s a surprising link between overall suicide rates [...]∞
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Frogs are awesome but there is so much you might not know about them. We've collected some of our favourite little-known frog facts in this top ten!
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Emily Badger, reporting for the Atlantic Cities: Segregated regions – by race as well as skills – have slower rates of income growth and property value appreciation. And this isn’t just true for minority families stuck in segregated pockets of inner-city poverty. It’s true for everyone, the suburbs and city alike. ∞∞
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In a Slate piece several months ago, I explored the pro-nuke argument from an environmental perspective. Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan made the case succinctly: If your concern is climate change, and you believe that slowing or preventing it is your fundamental priority, then nuclear power should be high up on the list for energy-production. He was responding to [...]
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All samples are back. The traps of our School Malaise Trap program were filled with lots of bugs and our amazing collection team broke pretty much every record. We can't thank them enough for their tireless effort! 22 000 specimens ready for DNA Barcoding in 35 hours. The team counted more than 95 000 individuals in total. Given that not very long ago we still had lots of snow covering the ground this number becomes even more impressive.Maybe the sample with the most
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In a new documentary, students explore efforts to conserve endangered sea turtles in a region focused on fishing.
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Resilience is the word of the decade, as sustainability was in previous decades. No doubt, our view of the kind and quality of cities we as societies want to build will continue to evolve and inspire a new descriptive goal. … Continue reading →
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Scientists at Yale think that for some solar cells the future may be fluorescent. While many may believe that the purpose of a solar cell is to absorb light, not to emit it (fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation), it turns out that the addition of a fluorescent organic dye to the cell layer improves the ability of a promising type of solar cell to absorb light and convert it into electrical power. Read more »
Huang, J., Goh, T., Li, X., Sfeir, M., Bielinski, E., Tomasulo, S., Lee, M., Hazari, N. & Taylor, A. (2013). Polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells employing Förster resonance energy transfer, Nature Photonics, DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.82
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By Sally Darney When my daughter decided to join a soccer team, I was delighted. Sports would provide healthy exercise, along with a host of other physical and mental benefits. So we were dismayed when she complained of tightness in her throat and difficulty breathing during the games. A trip to the doctor revealed “exercise-induced [...]
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By The Editors
New way forward?: It’s no secret that U.N. efforts toward reducing climate change have been … oh, let’s just go with “disappointing.” The biggest achievement to date, 1997’s Kyoto Protocol, was never adopted by the United States, and most countries have fallen short of its modest goals. Talks since then have moved the ball forward in some key ways, but negotiators have never gotten the binding international commitments to
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On April 9th, our expedition team made its way to Puerto Viejo Sarapiqui, a small town on the Indian river at the far northern edge of Costa Rica. Here we would catch a river boat to travel deep into the southern region of Nicaragua where we would be rejoined with the tribal elders whom we [...]
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This week’s luxury travel deals Looking for a really wild honeymoon? In the Madikwe Game Reserve – home to the Big Five – the Makanyane Safari Lodge has beautiful suites [...]
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The European commission is to ban the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoid chemicals despite a majority vote not being reached.
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Data visualizations with the International Energy Agency’s Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013 report show what it means when they say that the world is not on track to meet 2050 sustainability goals. The eight interactive data visualizations take users through the data behind this grim message, and reveal the opportunities that are opening in the transportation sector. In the “Renewable [...]
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Note: This is a guest post by Robert Fares. More about Robert’s background below. – David In recent years, disposable coffee pods have grown increasingly popular among coffee enthusiasts. The coffee pod fully encapsulates pre-portioned coffee grounds and flavoring inside a disposable capsule. This unique design allows casual coffee brewers to consistently reproduce their favorite [...]
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Triptans are considered highly effective treatment for migraine attacks. But they are really not doing it for me. And now I know why.
